MY FIRST BLOG

One’s first Blog causes one a lot of thought. What is the subject that will do the most good?

Almost everyday I am reminded of words that my mother would say to me often: “Listen for an angel thought each day. God is sending it.” Sometimes at night, before I retire, I’ll think, “What angel thought did I get today?”

Someone may ask, “How do you know if you are getting an angel thought? I would answer that it is a feeling you get in your heart. It will always be a good and loving thought. It is a feeling that everything is okay right now. Mary Baker Eddy, the author of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, wrote about this subject in another of her writings, “Miscellaneous Writings”, p. 306. She tells us there that we will “know their presence by the love they create in our hearts. Oh, may you feel this touch,---it is not the clasping of hands, nor a loved person present; it is more than this: it is a spiritual idea that lights your path!”

Some of my most precious moments, when I have felt the closest to God, have come when I was pondering the 91st Psalm in the Bible, verse 11, “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” I have a friend who reads the 91st Psalm every night before going to bed.

But do we only get one angel message? Christ Jesus gives a glimpse into his thought about this question. Jesus sensed that his disciples were starting to get very concerned for him right before the crucifixion. He told them “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (Gospel of Matthew, chapter 26, verse 53)

Twelve legions!! In Bible times, that meant somewhere around 72,000 angels!! Actually I think God, like the sun pouring forth its rays, is pouring forth His angel messages on us all. They are bombarding us even as we speak. He is constantly communicating to man. So it really is amazing that we think we can only hear one!

Probably the best thing we can do for ourselves is to develop a listening ear throughout each day, letting God know that we are listening. This requires us not to get too deeply involved in all of the static going on around us in our environment. It is possible to do this. In fact, to my way of thinking, this is what the apostle Paul meant when he said we were to pray without ceasing. Keeping our ear attuned to God’s presence at all times.

Cultivating angels is the best way to stay safe in our world today. It is the best way to stay peaceful, even at night, when the nights seem long and uneasy. I love the thought that God cares for us past measure. He does this by wrapping us up in His angel messages. This is true for anyone. We can trust this.

Try listening for your angel message today.